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The Specimen Resource Locator

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Welcome! The Specimen Resource Locator is a database to help researchers locate human specimens (tissue, serum, DNA/RNA, other specimens) for cancer research. It includes tissue banks and tissue procurement systems with access to normal, benign precancerous and cancerous human tissue from a variety of organs.

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SEARCH FOR:

• Specimens from Patients with Tumors
• Select type of tumor, sample, method of preservation, number of cases...
• Specimens from Normal Subjects
• Select organ site, type of sample, method of preservation, number of cases...
• Contact Tissue Expediter
• Contact a scientist who can relate researcher needs to existing resources
• Address, telephone, and email
• Let Us Know if You Have Specimen Collections

OTHER INFORMATION:

• Tissue Array Research Program(TARP): Multi-Tumor Tissue Microarrays
• 500 tissue samples arrayed onto a glass slide
• Information on Cell Lines
• American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
• NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program Repository
      60 human cancer cell lines
• Coriell Cell Repositories
• Information on Other Research Resources

RELATED LINKS:

• Information for Researchers Using Specimens



• Legal and Ethical Issues Related to the Use of Specimens



• Links to Other Web Sites
• Cancer Diagnosis Program
• Research Resources
• Resources Development Branch